Bow Street’s Principal Officer

By Karen Blayne

A Regency but with Bow Street investigators. This short story attempts to flesh out who they were, their powers of arrest and what they did. In 1800 constables were under the direction of a magistrate in the country many were part time. London had police stations with full time constables, conductors, and principal officers under magistrate's control. Bow Street did work for the government and often sent men, principal officers, conductors, constables, outside London for policing duties. Other London Police stations sent out Principal Officers but not so frequently.

Principal officers were men of experience in crime detection and prevention. The forerunners of the detectives that came later on.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Karen Blayne
• Release date: Mar 31, 2019
• ISBN: 9798215838204

Karen Blayne

Most of these stories are marked adult and have been described as different and often involve boy toys and a little social commentary. They aren't to everyone's taste but some people enjoy them. They are in British English even if set in North America. If you enjoy one, try another, if they aren't to your taste just move on to a different author.Some are set in Regency England and explore a time when there were many changes over a short period of time. These are very not so mainstream and not quite so light hearted as some of the others.

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Bow Street’s Principal Officer

Karen Blayne

Oh by the way red tape first.

They were sort of scribbled for fun. If you’ve paid money for this book just be aware the author has not received any payment. In fact no one has permission to charge money for this book and copyright is retained by the author.

© Karen Blayne 2022. All copies must be of the complete document.

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Harriet sat with her cousin in the elegant London drawing room. I’ll give him to the start of the next season then I’m giving up on him. There was no need to say whom she meant.

Max strolled down to his village. It seemed strange to him that he owned the entire village but it had come with the estate. He took an interest in the village school, he’d found a couple of last year’s crop of leavers to be bright enough for an apprenticeship in his mill and hopefully this year might produce a couple more. So what have you got for me? He asked the schoolteacher as the children played in the playground. Tom and Alfred I think would do well but I’m concerned about Alice whose brighter. She’s fourteen next month so will be leaving us but she’s too bright to be married young and since her mother has just had another child I can’t see any other option for her. Well an apprenticeship at the mill won’t do even if she is bright. I might find her something up at the house I expect. Tell her to come and see the housekeeper when she leaves school and I’ll have a word beforehand.

Mrs. Mills I’d like you to consider hiring Alice when she leaves school. Certainly sir. As Mrs. Mills said to Henri later I don’t really have any choice when he suggests like that do I? No Mrs. Mills but what’s the problem? "She’s bright, and you know how disruptive a bright maid